We contacted our carpet cleaning company and rented a commercial OZONE machine for 5 days.

We also redid the cement in the backyard and added walkways, new sod, new water heater, new garage, new windows and doors, LED recessed lighting throughout, new carpet, drywalled the garage and epoxy'd the garage floor, and as an added bonus to the homeowners; purchased a brand new samsung washing machine and dryer.Purchase price: $510kRehab: $115k (Includes labor, finishes, taxes, insurance, utilities, etc...)Commissions: 2.5% = $18,750Sold for $750kProfit: $106,250BEFOREAFTERWe added the subway tile after a couple days because they weren't installed yet during the professional pictures.

Years ago I purchased my own home first and while that worked out just fine, If I had a time machine I would have used house hacking strategy first.

@Kaylee WalterbachAh, what I would tell a younger me if there was a time machine?

Also get a quality machine for sure.  

Looking for the best washer/dryer machine company in the San Antonio, TX area for an 80 unit complex preferably someone other than coinmach?

or  Faux hand written by a hand writing machine.. 

Gotta keep my real estate, baseball cards and arcade machines safe! 

ozone machine is used in hotels, after a fire, basically helps neutralize offensive odors. you may be able to rent one at equipment place.Machine is on a timer, you set it leave and 12 to 24 hours later go in and see if it needs another treatment.

If I could go back in the rewind machine I probably would have bought that house which would have started me down the path on real estate five years earlier.